Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34883, Andrew Freeman, Mass.

SERVICE
16000
Freeman, Andrew
NUMBER _____
34883
CONTENTS

19851
Massachusetts
Andrew Freeman
of Plymouth Co. in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Pope — of the regiment commanded by Colonel Hickson in the Massachusetts line, for the term of the war — from 1781 to 1783
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th day of December, 1827.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of Dec 1827 and sent to John B. Thomas Esq. Plymouth Mass.
Arrears to 4th of March 1828 $ 22.70 Semi-ann. all'ce ending
$ 22.70
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } Paid 1873.

20.430
Andrew Freeman
Statement -
and his name is John Freeman before him and family - John Freeman and mother and unable to support myself - Andrew Freeman

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth ss -
On this twenty fifth day of November in the year of our Lord 1826 personally appeared in Open Court being the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Plymouth and a Court of record. Andrew Freeman a man of other age of sixty one years resident in said County, who being first sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension granted by the Acts of Congress passed the 15 th day of March 1818 & the first day of May 1820 that he the said Freeman then a resident of Bridgewater in said County enlisted for the term of three years or during the war in October 1781 in the Company commanded by Capt. Pope and joined the Regiment under command of Col. Jackson and that he served until the close of the war. That he was at New York - West Point and Saratoga and that at the close of the war was honorably discharged - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any parts thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have not now has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income or property. I have a wife aged thirty two years, who is weakly in health and unable to support herself and have children a son and daughter who both have families. The daughter name is Rebecca Pitts and sons name is Solomon Andrew Freeman - they can scarcely support their own families - I am a man and now old and unable to support myself - Andrew Freeman

Given to & declared on the twenty fifth day of November 1826 before the Court of Common Pleas
Witt Jno B Morris Clerk
I John B Thomas Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that said Andrew Freeman did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under our engagements in the continental establishments - I certify further that the foregoing estate is truly copied from the records of said Court - and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that said Freeman has no property
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court this twenty fifth day of October A.D. 1827
Jno B Thomas

Mr. B. Thurber - deposition

I Mr B Morris of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts Clerk of the Federal Courts for said County - testify and say that the delay in transmitting the Papers of Andrew Freeman to the proper departments on his application for a pension is to be attributed to a mistake in this Office - for which Freeman is in no way accountable - He has been sufficiently encumbered & embarrassed - In justice to him I make this representation without his knowledge or request
Mr B Morris
Plymouth 10 Dec 10 th 1827
Personally appeared Mr B Morris and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed
Before me G. H. Warren J. Clerk for D t County -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss - Clerk's Office of the Federal Courts Dec 10 1827
Certify that Richard W Warren Esq is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth qualified to administer oaths - that the foregoing signature purporting to be the signature of said Warren is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court the day & year aforesaid
Mr B Morris Clerk Federal Court Plymouth County

Andrew Freeman Additional Statement
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. On this twenty second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven personally appeared in Open Court being the Court of Common Pleas Judicial County of Plymouth and a Board of Justices presiding according to the course of the common law with a jury then and there in point of armament. Andrew Freeman a man of color, and under oath makes the following statement and declaration in addition to the one heretofore made - - - - - That he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except the present. That his name is not on the roll of any State. That the following is the reason for not making earlier application for a pension - That in February 1818 he shipped on board the ship Swift - Andrew Francis Master bound on freight voyage and did not return to the United States till the fall of 1824. That as soon as he was discharged and heard about the pension law he made enquiry to find some one who had been in the war with him - found John Humphrey and went with him to Judge Davis and supposed he had done every thing necessary for him to do and that Judge Davis would get his pension - being poor and not used to letters on the land he was offered a birth as a cook and agreed to go again to sea and that his absence would make no difference about the pension - he accordingly went and did not return till the latter part of the summer 1826. That he then went after his pension and expected to have had his money - but was then told at the Office in Boston that Squire Edward wrote there must be two witnesses - he then got the Captain's deposition and went to Plymouth to the Court first time the Court set which was in November 1826 with the depositions made a statement as was known - The reason the Deputies were not here sent he does not know but believes they were misled - he has done every thing that a poor man without any means of paying any body to assist him could to obtain the pension. No more That he cannot make any schedule of property - he had no estate or any bond on the 18 th March 1818 - has had nothing since but his wages which were soon spent in his support and has nothing now, but what he has on hand here in hand - his wife lives at service and just makes out to be able to keep him -
Andrew Freeman
sworn & declared on the 22 day of November 1827 before the Court of Common Pleas
Witness J. H. [unclear] Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Glynn ss
I M c B Thomas Clerk of the federal courts for said county of Glynn do hereby certify that the foregoing statements of fact is truly copied from the record of said Court of Common Pleas - and I further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that said Freeman has no property.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court this tenth day of December A D 1827
M c B Thomas

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss I John B Thomas Clerk of the Federal Court for said County certify that Mark Whitman Sig is a true copy of the same for said County - duly verified to be a true copy of the same & that the foregoing signature purporting to be the signature of said Whitman is genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court the tenth day of December 1827
John B Thomas
Whitman of Middleborough Berkshire

We the Subscribers, Inhabitants and Selectmen of the Town of North Bridge water, in the County of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts, under oath, do testify and say, that for many years we have known Andrew Freeman, a man of Colours. We have never known Andrew Freeman to possess any property of any kind, and from our personal knowledge of him, we firmly believe, he never has possessed any. He has never been taxed for any property to our knowledge, in this Town, or any other in the Commonwealth. Said Andrew is now nearly seventy years of age, has a wife and we think children, and is so infering by reason of age and frequent and continued exposure, and so entirely destitute of property of any description, that in our opinion, he is unable to maintain himself, without the aid, of public or private charity. Eliphalet Kingman Ephraim Cole Jr. Jesse Perkins
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss Dec. 4. 1824 Personally appeared the above named Eliphalet Kingman, Ephraim Cole junior, and Jesse Perkins, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declarations, by them subscribed before me.
Eliza Whitman Jus. Peace

Deposition. Levi Backard Aug. 15. 1826
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. Clerks Office of the Judicial Court
I John B Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Plymouth hereby certify that Eliab Whitman Esquire is a justice of the peace for the County of Plymouth duly appointed & qualified to discharge the duties of said Office & that the signature to the foregoing Hestation is the true signature of said justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court this Sixteenth day of August. Anno Domini 1826
J. B. Thomas

I Levi Packard of North Bridge water, County of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts, of lawful age do testify and say, that Andrew Freeman a man of colour, has been known to me from a Boy - was born and bred in my neighbourhood. said Andrew Freeman enlisted in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war, under the command of Captain Pope of Houghton, County of Norfolk, and State aforesaid, from whom as a three years man, or during the war, said Freeman enlisted for Benjamin Bartlett, who was at the head of the Company, and from whom he received the Bounty - He went into the service with several of my neighbours and acquaintances, and continued in the service, as I believe, till the war closed, when Freeman as I always understood was regularly discharged in Rhode Island, when and returned home in company with those he went with. when said Freeman enlisted into the service aforesaid, he borrowed my Gun, and returned it to me, after the war closed, or upon his getting home from Rhode Island I never doubted, but that said Freeman was in the service of the United States, from the time of his enlistment, till his return home - Yet I do not absolutely know this. - said Andrew Freeman is destitute of property and always has been. And his absence at sea, or elsewhere, for the space of seven years, is the best reason, that can be given, why said Freeman has neglected till this late day, to apply for a pension -
Levi Packard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss Aug. 15. 1826 Personally appeared the above named Levi Packard, who is a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declarations by him subscribed before me,
Chab. Whittaker jus. Peace

York Champlin of Boston in the County of Suffolk of sixty seven years of age and upwards testify and on solemn oath declare that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War I enlisted at a place then called Little's about twenty two miles from Providence in the state of Rhode Island and served in the Regiment un- der the command of Col o Green and Capt Lewis was my first Captain - I am well acquainted with Andrew Freeman the Coloured man, now present, at the latter part of the war, he also enlisted for service during the war and served from ten months to a year. said Freeman was in Capt o Phip's Company in Col o Jackson's Regiment and at the close of the war said Freeman & myself were both discharged at the same time at Saratoga I went to Providence and said Freeman to Boston - I am a pensioner and have received my pension about six years -
York his Champlin mark
Sworn to and declared on the sixth day of November AD 1824., (said York Champlin being a credible witness)
Before me the undersigned Judge of the Massachusetts District Court & a Judge of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Massachusetts District

34883 Rev INVALID.
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File No. 34,883
Andrew Freeman
Pr: Rev No.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 135
[Arrangement of 1870.]